Garment.



F. N. ASHWORTH.

GARMENT.

1 APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1909.

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GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application fi1ed March 15, 1909. Serial No. 483,340.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F RED N. ASI-IWORTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garments and while the samemay be embodied in various kinds of garments, the particular embodimentwhich I have chosen to illustrate is a pair of underdrawers.

The object of this invention is to provide in a garment simple andeffective means whereby the garment is rendered resiliently extensiblecircumferentially so as to cling to the body and thereby remove thestrain from supporting devices such as buttons and suspenders. In theattainment of this object I have provided a pair of drawers having acovered endless elastic band secured thereto by non-metallic means attwo or more points preferably at the back of the waist band and soarranged that the garment is normally drawn together and puckeredbetween the points so connected, but when the garment is worn saidelastic band is placed under tension and the waist band thus becomesresiliently extensible.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts set forth in the followingspecification and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upperor waist portion of a pair of drawers embodying my invention, showingthe same as it appears when drawn together by the elastic band. Fig. 2is an elevation of that part of the garment to which the endless band issecured, the same being shown as it appears when extended. Fig. 3 is anelevation showing a modified form of my invention.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawing.

In the drawing, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 5 is the waist band of apair of drawers to which an endless elastic band 6 is secured at twopoints by suitable non-metallic means and preferably by means of twopieces of textile tape 7, 7 stitched to the garment by threads, saidelastic band being so applied to the garment that the garment isnormally puckered between the two points of attachment of the elasticband. By employing a n0n-metallic means such as cloth webbing tapessecured by stitches to the garment, it is possible to wash the garmentwithout injury thereto which would occur if corrosive metallic fasteningmeans were employed. The waist band 5, if desired, may be formed in twoparts connected by a gusset 8 relatively soft as compared with the waistband 5 so that when the waist band parts are drawn together the gussetwill pucker, as shown in Fig. 1, and when the waist band is extended thegusset will extend, as shown in Fig. 2.

The elastic band 6 is preferably formed of rubber and is preferablycovered with a suitable fabric. If desired, the elastic band 6 may bedetachably attached to the waist band 5 by providing the tapes 7, 7 withbuttonholes 9, 9, respectively, adapted to cooperate with buttons 10,10, respectively, at-

tached to the two portions of the waist band. Thus it is possible whenthe garment is washed to remove the elastic band so that not only is thegarment more easily washed and ironed, but the rubber is prevented fromdeteriorating which would naturally occur if the same were placed inwater.

The waist band will, of course, be of such a size that when the garmentis worn the same shall be resiliently extensible circumferentially, orin other words, when the garment is buttoned in front the elastic bandwill yield, as shown in Fig. 2, and the garment will, therefore, clingto the waist of the wearer and thus eliminate the usual strain upon thebuttons or suspenders of the wearer.

Referring now to Fig. 3 wherein a modified form of my invention isshown, 5 is the waist band to which an endless elastic band 6 is securedat four points by means of four pieces of tape 7 stitched to said waistband in pairs upon opposite sides, respectively, of a gusset 8.

While I have described the endless elastic 106 band as being attached tothe waist band of a pair of drawers, said elastic band may be employedfor a like purpose in other garments upon the portions which surroundthe limbs as well as upon the waist bands thereof or other parts of thebody.

Having thus described my invention, wha I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. The combination with a garment, of an 110 surface of said garment,and a plurality of said band, each of said tapes having both of 10 tapeseach of which extends across said band its ends secured to said garment.

and has both of its ends secured to said gar- In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set ment. my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 2.The combination with a garment, of an nesses. I endless elastic bandextending throughout FRED N. ASHWORTH.

along and substantially parallel with the Witnesses surface of saidgarment, and a plurality of 7 CHARLES S. GOODING, tapes arranged inpairs extending across- LoUIs A. J ONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

